168 grain vld loads

168 berger
67.6g vv 560
Fed 215
Win Cases
These were seated to jam the lands a bit in my buddies rem 700 with a 26 inch kreiger 9 twist.
Velocity on my el cheapo chrono was around 3110 and the load shot 1/2 moa at 700 yards with very little verticle. This load was about 1/2 grain over quickloads predicted max load but showed no pressure signs. I would back off this load a bit before letting them rip. Good Luck.

thanks ed that exactly what i was looking for i just wanted something a little faster and flat shooting and you've solved my problem thanks.

hi,its me again btw this is a great sight and very full of usefull info, anyway, do any of you have any good load data for the 168 grain berger vld? I have dropped the idea of the accubonds after very deep thought and playing with the ballistic calculator, finding out that the bergers shoot just as flat as the 140 accubonds even though they arent going as fast (gotta love that B.C) and buck the wind better than anyting I have shot or even looked at, but seeing how this will be my new deer load and there is didly squat on the net for load data for this bullet. I was wondering if you could help me out thanks alot. oh ya iam shooting a remmy 700 in 7mm rem mag.

I'm doing the opposite of you. I tried the Bergers and I couldn't seat them out far enough to still fit in the mag, so I'm switching to the 140 Accubonds.

I checked the ballistics first, and the Accubonds are a lot (10+ inches) flatter out to 600, with just a touch more wind drift, and a little less energy. So I'm not sure where you got your data from...

I checked several different bullets and the 140 Accubonds were pretty much the best all-around, now I just hope they shoot good out of my rifle.

The VLD has 210 lbs more energy and drifts 3.3" less at 600 yards, but drops 9 inches more at 600 then the 140 AccuBond. The VLD is an awesome bullet, I'm not trying to talk you out of it or anything (I getting a .243 AI built to shoot the 105gr VLD).

That is using the ballistics calculator at Big Game Info. I was surprised at the results too, so maybe the calculator is messed up....